Pitterman
A Pittermännchen is a 10- liter - Kölsch barrel . It is a popular souvenir in the Cologne area and can often be ordered in the pub . The Pittermännchen is either placed on the table or on its own stand by the Köbes . There the guests can tap their Kölsch themselves. The Pittermännchen has proven itself to be a handy dosage form, as it can be carried by one person without any problems. In contrast to larger, unwieldy barrels, it is therefore also used regularly at private parties.
Pittermännchen are deposit barrels, and they are now by some brewers also self-cooling . Contrary to the original meaning of the word that it is a "small barrel", there are even barrels up to 50 liters on the market today under the name Pittermännchen or Pitter .
Origin of name
The name may come from the first name Peter , in Kölsch " Pitter ". A legend says that Father's Day in Cologne was previously celebrated on June 29th , the name day of Peter and Paul , and that the name “Pittermännchen” arose from the tradition of drinking a small barrel of beer on “men's tours” on Father's Day . However, the order is reversed, the custom emerged much later, probably not until after World War II, and never took place on the day of Peter and Paul. A number of other legends and suggested etymologies are told, and most likely none of them apply.
The most likely derivation from the Pitter- as a prefix for something small, which is common between Koblenz and Xanten , of which there are also larger variants, compare among many others also the Pitterknife or Pitterken (also: Peterchen) as a name for a small kitchen knife. A connection between the French word petit (small) and this use of “ pitter ” is suspected on various occasions , but this has not yet been proven with certainty. "Pittermännchen" has been used as a name for various small silver coins since the 16th century. Among other things, for an Electoral Trierian divisional coin with the image of Saint Peter, worth 5-6 pfennigs, an Aachen silver coin of 4 pfennigs until the beginning of the 19th century, and two small, particularly thin Prussian coins of 20 and 25 pfennigs until 1860 and 1880.
Other uses of the name
There are several restaurants with the name “(Em / Zum) Pittermännche (n)” and at least one vineyard.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pittermännchen. (No longer available online.) Torburg, Cologne, archived from the original on December 9, 2013 ; Retrieved July 8, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pitter nice! Cölner Hofbräu P. Josef Früh, accessed on July 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Pittermännchen primer. Sion Kölsch , accessed July 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Peter Honnen : Everything cocoa? Words and word stories from the Rhineland. Greven Verlag, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-7743-0418-5 , pp. 174 .
- ↑ Pittermännchen. In: Join-in dictionary of the Rhenish colloquial language. Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History , accessed on July 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Pitterknife. In: Join-in dictionary of the Rhenish colloquial language. Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History, accessed on July 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Pitterken. In: Join-in dictionary of the Rhenish colloquial language. Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History, accessed on July 8, 2013 .
- ^ Johannes Franck : Rhenish dictionary . Ed .: Prussian Academy of Sciences . tape VI . Bonn / Berlin, Sp. 636 , keyword: Petermann ( woerterbuchnetz.de [accessed on July 8, 2013] On behalf of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Society for Rhenish History and the Provincial Association of the Rhine Province based on the initiative started by Johannes Franck and supported by all circles of the Rhenish people Collection edited and edited by Josef Müller, Heinrich Dittmaier, Rudolf Schützeichel and Mattias Zender. 9 volumes, 1928–1971).
- ↑ a b vineyards. Schlossgut Diel, archived from the original on June 4, 2002 ; accessed on July 8, 2013 (Dorsheimer Pittermännchen, see both sections “Pittermännchen” after clicking the link vineyards on the page).
- ↑ Vineyards & Locations. Joh. Bapt. Schäfer, accessed July 8, 2013 .
